Author: oneunfilteredmama

Here are two of my go-to recipes that my husband loves and that are easy to make: Pasta in Tomato/Cream Sauce Things you need Pasta (I buy refrigerated pasta (usually ravioli or tortellini) but this works with penne or any other pasta really Protein, if desired (I use sausage or chicken, shrimp would be delicious too)… Continue reading Two of My Go-To Recipes

No matter who you are or what stage of life you are in, there will be someone, maybe more than one person, who will be a dark cloud during your sunshine-y happy wonderful joyous time of being pregnant. I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but it is true. Someone in your life… Continue reading Pregnancy & the Negative Nancy

BeWaRe: Rant warning. I hate talking about the scale….and despite the numbers I have always been self-conscious about my body. Ok, cue the body shamers….Yes, I am “thin”-ish. Despite hating to share the numbers…here they are. In college I was a whopping 110lbs soaking wet. At my wedding a cute 116lbs. When I got pregnant… Continue reading Pregnancy Scale Struggles

Stress and Pressure and all the scientific stuff supposedly makes diamonds. It is also how another "precious" gem is made...a creature actually... the MOMster. Yes, the mom version of monster.  How is a Momster made and what does she look like? As you all know, I am expecting another baby. What goes hand in hand with preparing for baby? Nesting. Pretty sure nearly everyone… Continue reading How A MOMster is Made: “Stress”

I have said at least several times: Mommy-ing (and daddy-ing) is hard. It is also so so SO scary. I mean, let’s be honest, kids are down-right scary.  The super tiny slobbery ones, the ones that spit up like the girl from the exorcist all the time, ones that cry and scream unless mom or dad… Continue reading The Scary Journey of Parenthood: The First Year-ish

The mystery of the "disappearing" friends.  Relax, I am not saying friends actually disappear from your life when you have children. Well, for arguments sake, perhaps they do...but maybe they can’t relate and they shy away from hanging out until your child is less newborn and baby and more toddler/young child that “can do things”… Continue reading Hey, Where did all my Friends go?

I read an article or blog post once that gave some incredible advice. The advice: Continue to date your spouse. As a newly married couple, it seemed obvious to both my husband and I that we would continue “dating” and would remain in happy married life bliss. I mean other than sharing a home and… Continue reading Date Nights: Few and Far between

Mommy needed a time out; a big giant pause button just to take a deep breath and collect herself before she went nuclear. The old adage: “when it rains, it pours” seems more applicable to life as a mother than anything else. And instead of a rainbow after the storm, momma sulked in mom guilt… Continue reading Bad Mommy

Pre-mama I LOVED everything about the Fourth of July. It is America’s Birthday aka the birthday of one of the greatest countries in the world. I am third-generation American. I feel so blessed to be American born and raised and I feel so proud to be an American. I am incredibly patriotic. I support the… Continue reading RED, WHITE, AND BE QUIET

So many have asked, some already know. My son was born in early February 2016 just before 2 PM. He arrived ten days before his due date and three days before his scheduled eviction. Before I get to the actual birth, it is important for me to mention I had a birth plan. A meticulously… Continue reading My Son’s Birth Story